Blood Simple (1984) colour palette
Directed by Joel Coen · Shot by Barry Sonnenfeld
The main colours of Blood Simple (1984) are deep red (#271817) and deep blue (#30354a), over a near-black base: a warm, muted palette, measured across the film's frames.
- #0f0e0enear black · 8.4%
- #333030dark grey · 7.8%
- #d1d0cflight grey · 4.4%
- #271817deep red · 4.4%
- #564d49dark grey · 4.4%
- #30354adeep blue · 3.4%
Blood Simple (1984), shot by Barry Sonnenfeld, runs muted and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0f0e0e), covering 8.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.37 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.269 — more saturated than 58% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.398 — brighter than 38% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Blood Simple page →
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